From: Klemens Nanni Subject: Re: installer: default to IPv6 autoconf if IPv4 is not configured To: Peter Hessler , Andrew Hewus Fresh Cc: OpenBSD tech Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:16:01 +0000 16.11.2025 14:52, Peter Hessler пишет: > On 2025 Nov 15 (Sat) at 20:01:03 -0800 (-0800), Andrew Hewus Fresh wrote: > :On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 04:14:06PM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote: > :> When you opt out of IPv4, the only sane default for IPv6 becomes 'autoconf' > :> as we cannot magically guess an address and 'none' means no network at all, > :> which is equivalent to not configuring the interface in the first place: > :> > :> Available network interfaces are: vio0 vlan0. > :> Network interface to configure? (name, lladdr, '?', or 'done') [vio0] > :> IPv4 address for vio0? (or 'autoconf' or 'none') [autoconf] none > :> -IPv6 address for vio0? (or 'autoconf' or 'none') [none] > :> +IPv6 address for vio0? (or 'autoconf' or 'none') [autoconf] > :> > :> The diff is trivial and the result is typing convenience for installs > :> (upgrades don't run these questions) in IPv6-mostly or -only networks. > :> > :> Feedback? OK? > : > :I didn't have time to test this, but it looks OK to me and seems like a > :nice idea. I wonder if we will ever get to the point where it makes > :sense to always default this to on. > : > > The vast majority of networks I connect to (home, work, conference) have > IPv6; so I would be delighted by having IPv6 autoconf as the default. Same here, I just thought folks would object, hence the less "invasive" mini-step. But if there's support... Feedback? Objection? OK? Index: install.sub =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sub,v diff -u -p -r1.1280 install.sub --- install.sub 1 Nov 2025 12:54:17 -0000 1.1280 +++ install.sub 16 Nov 2025 08:09:45 -0000 @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ v6_config() { while :; do ask_until "IPv6 address for $_if? (or 'autoconf' or 'none')" \ - "${_addr:-none}" + "${_addr:-autoconf}" case $resp in none) return ;;